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The pump handle In 1854, John Snow removed the handle of the Broad Street pump. He did not conduct a focus group. He did not invite Soho residents to do their own research on waterborne disease. He had a map, a theory, and the authority to act.... I think that a lot of religious reasons are similar to why we have the Center for Disease control. I can’t imagine smegma in the vaginal canal is a good outcome for a woman. I think when bad health outcomes occurred it was taken as a sign from God that something was off....